124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Seven well-prepared specimens of Swedish Polychaetes ; 

 received in exchange from Dr. Arwidsson. 



Twenty-five well-preserved specimens of Nemertines ; 

 purchased of the Marine Biological Association at Plymouth. 



Forty-three examples of flat-worms from Port Erin and 

 elsewhere ; presented by Mr. H. Lyster Jameson. 



A valuable set of the Land Planarians of New South Wales ; 

 presented by Mr. Thomas Steel. 



Echinoderma. — The additions number two hundred and 

 fifty-five. The following may be especially mentioned : — 



Twenty-one deep-sea specimens from the Bay of Biscay ; 

 received in exchange from Prof. Koehler. 



A series of one hundred and eighty-five historically- 

 interesting photographs of Echinoderms and their pedi- 

 cellarise, made by the late Dr. Herapath, f.r.s. ; presented by 

 Miss Herapath. 



Two exceptionally fine examples of Asterias glacialis from 

 Jersey ; purchased. 



Anthozoa and Hydrozoa. — Three hundred and fifty -two 

 examples have been acquired. They include : — 



A fine specimen of Madrepora clathrata from Burmah ; 

 purchased. 



Two hundred and twenty-eight specimens of Corals from 

 Torres Straits, collected and presented by Prof. A. C. 

 Haddon. 



A small but interesting collection of deep-sea Alcyonaria, 

 obtained, by exchange, from Prof. Koehler. 



Porifera and Protozoa. — The additions to these groups 

 amount to nine hundred and sixty-three. The most important 

 of these are : — 



A collection of eighty-three Sponges from the Adriatic, 

 illustrating Dr. R. Von Lendenfeld's memoir on the Porifera 

 of that sea ; purchased. 



Eight hundred and one microscopic preparations of Sponges 

 from Port Phillip, Victoria ; purchased. 



A specimen of Nummulitic Limestone from the Himalayas 

 at an altitude of 19,000 feet ; presented by T. D. La Touche, 

 Esq. 



Type specimens of Haddonia torresii, a new genus and 

 species of Foraminifera, from Torres Straits ; presented by 

 Prof. A. C. Haddon. 



